Utilization of Robotics Flipped Instruction to Students Learning Outcomes

With the COVID-19 pandemic, teaching highly skilled subjects such as robotics becomes a huge challenge, especially where schools are bound for distance learning. The study utilized the robotics flipped instruction in the hybrid online learning with the synchronous and asynchronous mode of delivery – a screen-to-screen teaching and learning process where students can work online and offline depending on their availability. Based on the findings of the study, the robotics flipped instructional model A-P-P-E-A-Rwas developed. Assess, plan, and program are part of the asynchronous or out-of-class activities whereas execute, analyze, and re-assess are part of the synchronous or in-class activities. The study concluded robotics flipped instruction is an effective alternative teaching strategy since there was an improvement in the students’ learning outcomes. Consequently, students under the robotics flipped instruction perform better in terms of motivation and achievement. Moreover, results showed that female students are more extrinsically motivated while male students are more intrinsically motivated. Furthermore, the effectiveness of robotics flipped instruction revealed a between medium to large effect size. This implies a greater magnitude of the effect of the flipped learning environment in a robotics class. However, respondents of the study experienced several challenges in using flipped robotics instruction. These include (1) use of technology (2) delivery of instruction (3) targeting content and performance standards (4) preparation time and (5) internet connectivity.

Keywords – educational robotics, flipped classroom, online learning.